black seed oil for PsA

Hi , thanks for reaching out. I hope any of our community members with experience using Black Seed Oil / Nigella sativa to help with PsA symptoms can share their experiences with you here. I'm curious about the article you mention. This was the only information that I could find, about a case study of an individual who found black seed oil was helpful in managing his symptoms, https://www.jrheum.org/content/47/8/1297.

Do you happen to have a link to the article that you're referring to? I would love to learn more about this. How has your experience with it been? Have you been using it long? I do want to mention, for anyone considering using black seed oil / nigella sativa to be sure to speak with their doctor beforehand as some supplements can have side effects and/or interact with certain medications.

We appreciate you reaching out here and hope you can get some helpful feedback! Wishing you a gentle day. -- Warmly, Christine (Team Member)

The article of which you speak (MOHAMAD ALI RIDA and DAFNA D. GLADMAN
The Journal of Rheumatology August 2020, 47 (😎 1297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191292) references only a single case. And while this may appear on the surface as promising, human trials have been limited, and mostly conducted to test the safety of black seed oil. I'm all for people trying whatever may work, but a few things need be considered. In the US, there are essentially no regulatory restrictions on anything marketed as a "supplement". So there are virtually no limits to the claims that may be put on these things, so long as they don't claim that their product can treat or prevent disease. Nor are there any real restrictions on what a manufacturer has to reveal goes into a supplement. And when companies do violate what few laws govern the supplement industry, the government is often very slow to reac. Even if there were numerous long term human trials showing the efficacy of this Black Oil on PsA (there aren't), there is no regulatory body that would ensure the purity, or even the amount, of it that goes into a supplement. You could be paying hundreds of dollars for something that has barely a drop of black oil, and might contain high levels of toxic compounds to boot. So if you do opt for this supplement, do your research on what has been found to be a safe amount of it to take, daily and in total, and look into the company producing it.

Hi just curious if you have brought this conversation up to your Rheumatologist? Any supplements that are started should still be discussed with your doctor? If you have, do you mind telling us what the recommendation from the doctor is? Vickie, Team Member

Hi- I was refering to the article in the Journal of Rheumatology - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.191292).
Doing more research, I found the following::
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2022/7993579
- https://us.typology.com/library/black-seed-oil-and-psoriasis-a-solution-to-combat-this-skin-disease. This article indicates that it seems to be effective.

If anyone else has any articles to share, that would be helpful.
I have not tried the black seed oil yet - I was interested to hear if anyone else did and what their experiences were.
Much appreciated!